Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 2 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 3 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 4 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 5 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 6 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 7 | Bob and I are progressing as a piano/clarsach duo , and of course some of the accompaniments to his songs tax me to the limit , or have to be vetoed altogether . |
| 8 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 9 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 10 | waves push me to the side |
| 11 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 12 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 13 | Lungfish joins me under the blanket . |
| 14 | When Andy invited me to the launch of the The Gadget Shop I naively assumed it would be in the shop itself , in Covent Garden . |
| 15 | In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome . |
| 16 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 17 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 18 | Every Saturday found me in the Hippodrome , our nearest cinema , which stood like a red-brick wireless set at the junction of Main Street , Byrely Road and Auckland Terrace . |
| 19 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 20 | After some time Jean advised me in the words above to go out and be alone with God and express my renewed affection for him . |
| 21 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 22 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
| 23 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 24 | You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo . |
| 25 | You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo . |
| 26 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 27 | The dilemma followed me through the publication of a few accounts of my researches . |
| 28 | ‘ I do not actually need the evidence of two people in one bedroom and the sight of crumpled covers to point me in the right direction . |
| 29 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 30 | ‘ And with that David kissed me on the cheek . |